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7. Translators Introductory Note and An Exchange of Letters on Hegels Absolute Idea.
Two introductions by Dunayevskaya, written for the second edition of the pamphlet, Philosophic Notes. Probably written April, 1956.
6. Olga Domanski letter to Dunayevskaya, written April 21, 1956.
Reports on discussion in West Virginia with miners and miners wives, on the last chapter of M&F. Quotations from participants in this meeting appear in the Introduction to M&F and in what became Chapter 16. Also included here is a typed transcript of part of the discussion at that meeting.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written April 18, 1956.
Sends drafts of two more chapters, on Capital and a sort of conclusion: Toward a new unity of Theory and Practice.
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written April 7, 1956.
On prospects for publishing contracts; sends drafts of sections of book on The Great Divide in Marxism and State Capitalism and Workers’ Revolt.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written March 10, 1956.
Sends him the first two chapters of Part I, and character sketches of Lassalle and Proudhon.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski and Bess Gogol, written Feb. 21, 1956.
Reports from Boston after meeting with Marcuse that he has agreed to write the introduction to M&F.
1. Presentation by Dunayevskaya on first News and Letters Committees pamphlet, Philosophic Notes.
Speech given Jan., 1956 to Detroit committee. Transcript of speech was not edited or corrected by Dunayevskaya. Includes extended discussion of Lenins Abstract of Hegel’s Science of Logic.
D. Correspondence, Presentations, and Notes on the Writing of Marxism and Freedom, January 1956 – December 1956
22. Dunayevskaya letter to Russell Potter, written Dec. 18, 1955.
Encloses first outline of book tentatively called Marxism and Freedom, as well as 1944-45 articles in American Economic Review; asks for assistance in presenting mss. to publishers.
21. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written Dec. 13, 1955.
Asks for financial assistance to complete the book; outlines her economic and philosophic studies since World War II.
20. Marcuse letter to Dunayeskaya, written Dec. 2, 1955.
After reading Dunayevskayas notes on the projected book, says her ideas are a real oasis in the desert of Marxist thought.
19. Foreword to Philosophic Notes.
Introduction by Dunayevskaya to first pamphlet issued by News and Letters Committees, a mimeographed edition of Lenins Abstract of Hegels Science of Logic and Dunayevskayas 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes. Foreword written Nov. 1955. (For the text of the entire pamphlet, see #2431).
18. Topics during 1955 lecture tour.
A one-page outline of subjects of Dunayevskayas speeches, types of lecture-groups, and universities at which Dunayevskaya spoke during her 1955 tour. Written Nov., 1955.
17. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Oct. 27, 1955.
Reports on discussions on Hegel, and on Stalinist perversion of the dialectic, as encountered on her tour on the book.
16. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Sept. 5, 1955.
On the possibility of publishing her translation of Lenins Philosophic Notebooks.
15. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written Aug. 24, 1955.
On the ramifications of the 1950 coal miners strike against the continuous miner for the work on the new book.
14. Dunayevskaya letter to all local committees, written July 28, 1955.
On preparations for her national tour to discuss ideas for the book; on the opportunity to write the book as a collective effort.
13. Dunayevskaya letter to Chaulieu (Cornelius Castoriadis), written July 14, 1955.
Reports on her work on the book; sends him her 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes; asks for Chronique of Marxs life.
12. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written June 28, 1955.
On the difference between her 1947 work and the form of the book now projected; on Lenins Philosophic Notebooks.
11. Marcuse letter to Dunayevskaya, written June 22, 1955.
Reports reading Dunayevskayas 1947 draft outline on State Capitalism and Marxism; denies immediate connection between philosophy and praxis.
10. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written June 6, 1955.
On Dunayevskayas plans for a series of lectures on the book, to begin in West Virginia.
9. Dunayevskaya letter to Saul Blackman, written May 7, 1955.
On the philosophic foundations in Hegels Phenomenology and Logic for publishing News & Letters.
8. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written May 5, 1955.
On why she translated Absolute Mind as the new society; asks Marcuse to come to Detroit to discuss this with workers.
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Editing Chairmen (of News & Letters),
written April 23, 1955. Draft of Two Pages of Todays History that have shown the way to Freedom. An article on the 1953 East Berlin workers revolt and the revolt at the Vorkuta labor camp inside Russia. Portions of this article were used in Chapter 15 of M&F.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Will Lissner, written April 18, 1955.
On Dunayevskayas split with C.L.R. James and her plans for her book on Marxism. For a more extended discussion of the book on Marxism in April 1955, see Dunayevskayas report to the first Conference of News and Letters Committees (#2410).
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Arthur Kunkin, written April 15, 1955.
On divergences between C.L.R. James and Dunayevskaya on philosophy in the 1940s; on the background of the current Marcuse-Dunayevskaya correspondence.
4. Marcuse letter to Dunayevskaya, written April 14, 1955.
Comments on Dunayevskayas 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes, and on her translation of the original ending of Capital.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written April 3, 1955.
Asks about prospects for publishing a work on Marx and Marxism; says twin poles of (such a work) must have automation at one end, and the absolute idea or freedom at the other end.
2. Robert S. Cohen letter to Dunayevskaya, written March 17, 1955.
On their joint project to publish translations of unpublished writings of Marx and Lenin.
1. Dunayevskaya letter to Herbert Marcuse, written Feb. 12, 1955.
Suggests meeting in New York to discuss dialectics; tells Marcuse she had been working for same time on the Absolute Idea, Absolute Knowledge, Absolute Mind. (This letter and most of the other correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Marcuse can also be found in Vol. XII of this collection. They are included here because of their significance in the development of Marxism and Freedom.)
C. Correspondence and Notes on the Writing of Marxism and Freedom February – December, 1955
12. Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic.
Draft translation by Dunayevskaya of Karl Marxs 1844 essay, completed October, 1956. Included in the Appendix to M&F as published.
11. Part IV — The Problem of Our Day: State Capitalism vs. Freedom.
Written October, 1956. A draft of three chapters of what was then Part IV: 1) Russian State Capitalism vs. Workers Revolt; 2) Portrait of a Totalitarian; 3) The Beginning of the End of Russian Totalitarianism. The second and third chapters written in fragmentary form only. These mss. used as Chapters 13, 14, and 15 of M&F.
10. State Capitalism and Workers Revolt.
A draft of what became Chapter 13 of M&F. Written March, 1956.
9. Lenins Will.
A brief article written in April, 1952 and published in the mimeographed bulletin, Correspondence (Vol. II, No. 2, May 15, 1952). Parts of this document were used in Chapter 12 of M&F.
8. The Great Divide in Marxism.
Draft of what became Chapter 10 of M&F. Probably written Feb., 1956.
7. The Logic and Scope of Volumes II and III of Capital (including Theories of Surplus Value).
Written Aug. 22, 1956. A draft of what became Chapter 8 of M&F. Handnotes on the mss. are by Dunayevskaya.
6. Capital, Vol. I, 1867-1883.
Written August, 1956. A draft of what became Chapter 7 of M&F.
5. Marxs Capital and the Paris Commune.
Two drafts of what became Chapter 6 of M&F. The first draft was written in April, 1952, and published in the mimeographed bulletin, Correspondence (Vol. II No. 1, May 1, 1952). The second draft was probably written in April, 1956.
4. Ferdinand Lassalle: State Socialist, and The 1850s — Years of Reaction, and Proudhonism.
Probably written March, 1956. Two fragments from a chapter then called Theoretic Interlude. Parts of this document were used in Chapters 4 and 5 of M&F.
3. Marx and the Utopian Socialists.
Probably written March 1956. A fragment of mss. only. Parts of this document were used in Chapter 2 of M&F.
2. The French Revolution and Classical German Philosophy.
Written May, 1956. A draft of what became Chapter 1 of Marxism and Freedom (M&F). Handnotes on the mss. are by Dunayevskaya.
1. Introduction. Written May, 1957.
B. Draft Chapters of Marxism and Freedom, 1952-57
5. Table of Contents of Marxism and Freedom.
Written June, 1957. Includes titles of each of the sub-sections of each chapter. This outline contains only a few differences from the table of contents of the book as published in December, 1957.
4. Letter to the NEB (National Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees).
Written Oct. 30, 1956. A letter on the writing of the book and the responsibilities of the organizational leadership. Includes the outline of the book as it has changed in the process of reworking.
3. Table of Contents of Marxism and Freedom.
Probably written Sept., 1956. Includes number of pages in mss. drafts of each of the four parts of the book as it was then organized.
2. Outline of Contents of Marxism and Freedom.
Includes covering page Note to: every reader, and overline, Preliminary draft – not for publication. Probably written April, 1956. Outline includes summaries of those chapters not yet written out in draft form.
1. Marxism and Freedom: From the Industrial Revolution to Automation. An Outline of a Book in Preparation.
Written Nov. 1955. A substantially revised version of the 1947 outline of State Capitalism and Marxism, this outline was submitted to publishers, interested intellectuals (including Herbert Marcuse, Meyer Schapiro, and Joseph Buttinger), and circulated among the members of News and Letters Committees.
A. Draft Outlines for Marxism and Freedom, 1955-57
Dunayevskayas work on what was to become Marxism and Freedom could be said to have begun with her 1941-43 study of The Nature of the Russian Economy. Her analysis of Stalins Russia, based on original Russian documents, also involved both a study of Marxs archives, and her first translations of sections of Marxs 1844 Humanist Essays. Two early draft outlines for her book have already appeared in this collection: State-Capitalism and Marxism (1947, #472), and The Lenin Book (1952, #1735). The actual writing of Marxism and Freedom in its published form, however, began only after two later developments: Dunayevskayas writing, in May, 1953, of her Letters on Hegels Absolutes, and the break-up, in March, 1955, of the united Johnson-Forest Tendency. Immediately after this latter event — the split between C.L.R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya, which resulted in the founding of a new organization, News and Letters Committees — Dunayevskaya returned to concentrated work on the writing of Marxism and Freedom.
Section II Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 until Today
B. Letters on Hegels Absolutes of May 12 and 20, 1953
A. Presentation on Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy of June 1, 1987
Section I The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism
In the last month of Raya Dunayevskayas life, she was preparing a presentation on the subject of her book-in-progress, the Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy., This presentation, scheduled for June 1, 1987, was never given. Raya Dunayevskaya died on June 9, 1987. The text she prepared, and the voluminous working notes which preceded it, however, were included in Volume XIII, Supplement to the Raya Dunayevskaya Collection, in February, 1988. In her June 1, 1987 presentation Dunayevskaya had singled out her May 12 and 20, 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes as the philosophic moment fruit which the whole Marxist-Humanist body of ideas, flowed. These 1953 Letters were now seen as the element that governed the concretization of the Marxist-Humanist Idea, from the first of Dunayevskaya’s trilogy of revolution, Marxism and Freedom, through Philosophy and Revolution, to Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation, and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution. As a result of their study of this document, her comrades in the Marxist-Humanist organization, News and Letters Committees, decided to publish both Dunayevskayas June 1, 1987 presentation on Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy and her May 12 and 20, 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes together as one book. It appeared in January, 1989 under the title, The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism: two historic-philosophic writings by Raya Dunayevskaya. In their preface to this book, the Resident Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees wrote: We have chosen to issue this publication in its present form — with the Presentation on Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy appearing first, followed by the 1953 Letters on Hegel’s Absolutes — because it is Dunayevskayas 1986-87 view of her 1953 Letters which enables us to see what she called the many Universals inherent in them for today. It is in that same spirit that the Raya Dunayevskaya Memorial Fund has decided to present Vol. XIV — with The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism appearing first, followed by documents on Dunayevskaya’s trilogy of revolution. We believe that Dunayevskayas final June 1, 1987 writing, and her 1953 philosophic moment, when taken together, shed powerful new illumination on the long, hard trek and process of development of the Marxist-Humanist Idea.
Volume XII concludes on 10637.
(12) Expanded 1986 edition of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought,
by Lou Turner and John Alan. Published in Black History Month, February 1986, with new Introduction/Overview by Raya Dunayevskaya, Lou Turner and John Alan. New Appendices on Negritude and Language by Haitian poet, Rene Depestre, and Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and on Grenada: Counter-Revolution and Revolution by Raya Dunayevskaya. Includes photographs of 1985 founding Convention of Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) sent to News & Letters direct from South Africa.
(11) The concrete-Universal: a retrospective/perspective look at thirty years of News & Letters.
A study by Raya Dunayevskaya begun for the 30th anniversary of the first issue of News & Letters, June 24, 1955. Published in three parts in News & Letters: July 1985; November 1985; March 1986. Forthcoming as a News and Letters Committees pamphlet.
(10) News & Letters Workshop Classes on Current Events and the Dialectic Method
by Raya Dunayevskaya. A Theory/Practice column published in News & Letters, January-February 1986.
(9) New Beginnings that Determine the End.
A report by Raya Dunayevskaya to the Expanded Resident Editorial Board meeting of News and Letters Committees, Dec. 29, 1985. Published as special bulletin, January 1986.
(8) First Farsi publication of Karl Marx: Economic Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844.
Published by Anjoman Azadi (Iranian Marxist-Humanists), January 1986. Includes an Introduction to the Farsi edition by Raya Dunayevskaya, and a Preface by Raha, an Iranian revolutionary in exile.
(7) A Decade in the Methodology of Marxist-Humanist Perspectives1975-1985,
an essay by Eugene Walker. Published as a News and Letters Discussion Bulletin, January 1986. Includes a study of ten years of Marxist-Humanist Perspective Theses; an Index to both Draft and Full Perspectives, 1975-85; and a re-printing of the Table of Contents of each of them.
(6) Geneva 1985: the summit that wasn’t
by Raya Dunayevskaya. An editorial published in News & Letters, December 1985, after the November 1985 meeting of Reagan and Gorbachev in Switzerland.
(5) Still another version of the dialectic?
by Raya Dunayevskaya. A Theory/Practice column published in News & Letters, December 1985. A critique of David MacGregors The Communist Ideal in Hegel and Marx.
(4) Post-Plenum Bulletin #3, October 1985,
includes: On Organization and Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Olga Domanski; Marxist-Humanist Philosophy in Readers Views and in News and Letters Committees Organization by Michael Connolly. Reports given to the 1985 Plenum.
(3) A View of Forms of Revolutionary Journalism: on the Road to a Bi-Weekly News & Letters
by Eugene Walker, Managing Editor. Published as Post-Plenum Bulletin #1, September 1985. A report to the 1985 Plenum.
(2) The Undeclared and Ongoing Civil War in South Africa
by Raya Dunayevskaya. A lead article in News & Letters, October 1985, which expands the analysis of South African events and the task of Marxist-Humanists given by Dunayevskaya at the 1985 Plenum.
(1) Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 1985-86
by Raya Dunayevskaya. A report to the 1985 National Plenum of News and Letters Committees, held in Chicago, Aug. 31-Sept. 1. 1985.
B. A Retrospective/Perspective Look at 30 Years of News & Letters: From the 1985 Plenum to the New Edition of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought
d. Marxist-Humanist Draft Perspectives, 1985-86
by the Resident Editorial Board. Published in News & Letters, August-September, 1985.
c. Pre-Plenum Discussion Bulletin #5, August, 1985.
Selected articles include: Unchaining the Dialectics of Revolution: in Hegel, in Marx, in Marxist-Humanism by Eugene Walker; On The concrete-universal: a retrospective look at 30 years of News & Letters by Kevin A. Barry; Marxist-Humanisms View of Hegels Absolutes: Draft of a Critical Essay by Lou Turner.
b. A 1980s View of Youth as a Revolutionary Category
by Peter, Los Angeles. Published in Pre-Plenum Discussion Bulletin #4, August, 1985.
a. Pre-Plenum Discussion Bulletin #1, July, 1985.
Selected articles are: Official Call for 1985 Plenum by the Resident Editorial Board; A Revolutionary Critical Look Over the Historic Barrier by Jim Mills; Marxs Ethnological Notebooks: Its Relation to Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Peter Wermuth; An Exchange of Letters between Roy and Raya on Philosophy and Revolution.
(8) Pre-Plenum Discussion 1985: Documents from the News and Letters Committees Bulletins.
These include:
(7) Rosa Luxemburgo, la liberacion feminina y la filosofia marxista de la revolucion
by Raya Dunayevskaya. Spanish edition of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation, and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution, published by Fondo de Cultura Economica in Mexico City, Mexico, 1985. Translated by Juan Jose Utrilla. Two major excerpts from this work were published in Spanish in advance of their publication in book form: a. Los Cuadernos Etnologicos de Marx by Raya Dunayevskaya. Selections from Ch.12 of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation, and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution on Karl Marxs Ethnological Notebooks. Published in Criticas de la Economia Politica, 22/23, 1984, a special issue devoted to Karl Marx: Life and Work. b. Teorias de la revolucion permanente by Raya Dunayevskaya. Selections from Ch.11 and the Afterword to Ch.11 of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation, and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution organized in such a way as to present and contrast Luxemburg, Trotsky and Marx on theories of permanent revolution. Published in Criticas de la Economia Politica, No.26, 1985, a special issue devoted to Revolutionary Theory and Action.
(6) Dunayevskaya on Rosa Luxemburg, women and revolution: a response to Peter Beilharz
by Olga Domanski. A critique of Beilharzs review of Dunayevskayas Rosa Luxemburg, Women’s Liberation, and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution. Published in Thesis 11, Melbourne, Australia, November 1984-March 1985.
(5) Garvey Papers, Vol. III,
a review-essay by Lou Turner on The Marcus Garvey Papers, edited by Robert Hill, 1984. Published in News & Letters, July 1985.
(4) Political-Philosophic Notes on Reagans Visit to Bitburg.
An essay by Dunayevskaya, published in News & Letters, June 1985. Connects current world events as seen in Reagans May 1985 trip to the 1937 Spanish Revolution and to contradictions in post-World War II Europe.
(3) Youth and the Dialectics of Revolution Today by Ida Fuller.
A review of Dunayevskayas Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution. Published in News & Letters, May 1985.
(2) Marxist-Humanism, an interview with Raya Dunayevskaya.
Interview published in the Chicago Literary Review, March 15, 1985.
(1) Dialectics of Revolution: American Roots and Marxs World Humanist Concepts.
A lecture by Raya Dunayevskaya and an exhibit prepared by Michael Connolly and Olga Domanski at Wayne State University Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, March 21, 1985. On the microfilm is a special section of News & Letters, April; 1985, devoted to coverage of the lecture and exhibit. Includes presentation by Dunayevskaya on her life and work; Raya Dunayevskayas living archives by Eugene Walker; Origins of Black Marxism by Lou Turner; Readers Views from the Archives lecture audience, edited by Michael Connolly.
A. From the March, 1985 Marxist-Humanist Archives Exhibit and Lecture to the August, 1985 National Plenum
Section VI The Marxist-Humanist Archives — the New Additions as well as New Findings from the Old
(4) Philosophers Index Retrospective Bibliography, 1978.
Entry on Raya Dunayevskaya. A summary of Dunayevskayas Marxism and Freedom and Philosophy and Revolution by the Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green, Ohio, as published in their retrospective index to U.S. publications from 1940.
(3) Reviews of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution:
a. Political Theory, Beverly Hills, California. November 1983. (George A. Kelly) b. Dimensions, Rome. No. 30, 1984. (Valerie Russo) c. Africa Today, Denver, Colorado. No. 4, 1982. (Kevin Anderson) d. off our backs, Washington, D.C. August-September 1984. (Michelle Landau and Terry Moon) e. Idealistic Studies, Oswego, New York. January 1985. (Bat-Ami Bar On) f. Local 1930 Newsline, New York. March 1985 (Dave Beasley) g. Marxist Review, Calcutta. September 1985 (Gabrielle Dietrich)
(2) Reviews of Philosophy and Revolution:
a. Journal of the History of Ideas, Philadelphia. April 1974. (Louis Dupre) b. Peace News, London. April 5, 1974. (Bob Potter) c. Owl of Minerva, Villanova, Pennsylvania. June 1974. (Raymond Plant) d. Slavic Review, New York. December 1974 (Henri Chambre) e. Telos, Buffalo, New York. Winter 1974-75. (John O’Neill) f. Aut-Aut, Milan, Italy. July-October 1974. (Amadeo Vigorelli) g. Sin Nombre, Puerto Rico. January-March 1975. (Jose Emilio Gonzalez) h. Uno Mas Uno, Mexico City. May 1979. (Virgilio Torres) i. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Vol. 7, No. 4, 1980. (George Hampsch)
(1) Reviews of Marxism and Freedom:
a. Industrial Worker, Chicago. March 17, 1958. (Fred Thompson) b. The Socialist Leader, Glasgow, Scotland. Sept. 13, 1958. (Eric S. Heffer) c. Universities and Left Review, Oxford, England. Autumn 1958. (Alasdair MacIntyre) d. New York Review of Books, New York. Dec. 17, 1964. (George Lichtheim) e. The Times Literary Supplement, London. Aug. 21, 1959. (unsigned) f. Cambridge Forward, Cambridge, England. November 1960. (Peter Cadogan) g. Mankind, Hyderabad, India. November 1960. (M.T. Khan) h. London Tribune, London. Aug. 21, 1964. (Paul Foot) i. Il Popolo, Rome. Feb. 8, 1963. (Silvio Bertocci) j. Readers Weekly, Tokyo. Oct. 19, 1964. (Sobuku Yamada) k. La Revolution Proletarienne, Paris. January 1973. (Pierre Aubery) 1. Le Monde, Paris. Sept. 3, 1971. (Jean-Michel Palmier) Response by Dunayevskaya in News & Letters, October 1971 and February 1972. m. Uno Mas Uno, Mexico City. Jan. 30, 1979. (Margarita Sordo)
I. Critical Responses to Dunayevskayas Major Works: Selected Reviews of Marxism and Freedom; Philosophy and Revolution; Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marx’s Philosophy of Revolution
A letter by Dunayevskaya in response to an inquiry on socialist teaching, as published in Studies in Socialist Pedagogy,
edited by Theodore Mills Norton and Bertell Ollman, 1978.
H. On educators and the educated
G. Two Exchanges of Ideas on Dunayevskayas Philosophy and Revolution
(1) Why Hegel? Why Now? Letter from Peter Bergmann, as printed in News & Letters, August-September 1974; a critique of Part One of Philosophy and Revolution. Answer by Dunayevskaya as printed in News & Letters, November 1974. For other discussion of Philosophy and Revolution during 1974, see especially Dunayevskayas address to the Hegel Society of America, Absolute Negativity as New Beginning, # 5631. See also her view of the significance of Chapter One of that book for organization, # 5622. (2) Discussion of Absolute Method in Philosophy and Revolution as it appears in George Armstrong Kellys Hegels Retreat From Eleusis, 1978. Printed in News & Letters, March 1979, accompanied by response from Dunayevskaya. A fuller discussion of Kellys critique by Dunayevskaya is presented in her 1982 Introduction to the second U.S. edition of Philosophy and Revolution, # 7622.
Six letters between Dunayevskaya and Paul Piccone, editor of Telos, 1970-72.
on her articles for Telos and her participation in Telos conferences of 1970 and 1972. Included also are the announcements for both conferences.
F. Dialogue with Telos, (a journal of radical philosophy), 1970-72
E. Articles of Dunayevskaya published in The Activist a student journal of politics and opinion (Oberlin, Ohio, 1964-1968)
(1) Reason and Revolution vs. Conformism and Technology. Fall 1964. A review of Marcuses One-Dimensional Man. (2) Youth, Philosophy and Revolution. Fall 1966. A review of The Revolutionary Internationals, 1864-1943, by Milroad Drachkovitch. (3 ) Cadres and Communists: A Dissent. Spring 1967. A discussion of Tracey Strongs review of Ideology and Organization in Communist China. (4) Philosophy in Revolt. Fall 1968. A review of The Alienation of Reason by Leszek Kolakowski.
Six letters between Dunayevskaya and Silvio Frondizi from March 28, 1963 through June 20, 1963.
On the possible publication of a Spanish edition of Marxism and Freedom, and on the differences between Frondizis uniting of philosophy and organization in Argentina and the form of News and Letters Committees in the U.S. For Dunayevskayas Introduction to the Spanish edition of Marxism and Freedom as it was eventually published in Mexico in 1976, see # 5421.
D. Correspondence with Silvio Frondizi, 1963
(2) Letter to the Editor. of New York Review of Books, by Dunayevskaya
April 8, 1965. On George Lichtheims view of Lenins Philosophic Notebooks and Dunayevskayas discussion of them in Marxism and Freedom. For Lichtheims review of Marxism and Freedom, see # 10103.
(1) Letter to Editor of Philosophy of Science, by Dunayevskaya.
Vol. 23, No. 3, July 1956. On Russian revisions of Marxism in economics and in philosophy.
C. Two Letters on Marxism and philosophy
(6) Dunayevskaya-Fromm letters, July 8, 1976 through Nov. 27, 1978.
Nine letters. Letters begin with EFs preface to German edition of RDs Philosophy and Revolution. Discussion also takes up early ideas by RD on Rosa Luxemburg for her 1982 work, Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution. Includes EFs comments on Frankfurt School writers Adorno and Horkheimer; RDs discussion of her demand for Freedom of Information Act files; and final exchange of letters on Rosa Luxemburg, with RDs comments on Luxemburgs reference to Penthesilea.
(5) Dunayevskaya-Fromm letters, July 25, 1971 through July 28, 1975.
20 letters. Letters center around publication of Philosophy and Revolution by RD in 1973. EF calls it a great contribution to the theoretical and hence political situation re socialism (March 6, 1973). Also includes discussion of EFs book To Have or To Be; EF asks RD for sources for Marxs categories on having and being; RD reports on her experience at 1974 Hegel Society of America conference and confrontation there with Sir T. M. Knox; RD and EF discuss Bukharin; RD responds to joint postcard to her by EF and Mihailo Markovic. Letters conclude with discussion of American Hegelians Putnam and Blow and Putnams relation to Freud (June 21 and July 8. 1975).
(4) Dunayevskaya-Fromm letters, July 10, 1967 through Dec. 10, 1968.
Seven letters. Includes EFs critique of Marcuse and RDs discussion. Comments also on Czechoslovakia dissidents after the Russian invasion of 1968.
(3) Dunayevskaya-Fromm letters, May 23, 1965 through Nov. 25, 1966.
Six letters. Letters include comments by both RD and EF on Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir; RD discussion of Marxs 1841 doctoral thesis (May 16, 1966); and on RDs 1965-66 trip to Japan and her battle of ideas with the non-Stalinist left there, as well as her experience in Hiroshima.
(2) Dunayevskaya-Fromm letters, Nov. 21, 1963 through Jan. 16, 1965.
11 letters. RD appeals for dialogue on Hegel between us (Nov. 21, 1963). outlines Absolute in Phenomenology of Mind. Letters in this period center on RD’s participation in Fromms symposium, Socialist Humanism, published in 1965. Includes comments by EF and RD on Marcuses One-Dimensional Man, and RDs discussion ( Dec. 6, 1964) of a proposed collection of essays, A Doctors Notebook, by Louis Gogol.
(1) Letters between Raya Dunayevskaya (RD) and Erich Fromm (EF), June 6, 1959 through Dec. 8, 1961.
Five letters. Begins with EFs request to RD to translate unpublished writings of Marx for a projected book. RD declines and discusses history of her translations. Letters resume in 1961 with RDs critique of EFs Marxs Concept of Man (Oct. 11, 1961) and EFs reply on the concrete nature of Marxs Humanism.
B. Correspondence with Erich Fromm, 1959-1978
(6) Dunayevskaya-Marcuse letters, May 16, 1967 through Jan. 31, 1978.
Eight letters. On RD lecture tours; on the completion of Philosophy and Revolution; on Freedom of Information Act files on both RD and HM. Includes Marcuses reference to his work-in-progress (The Aesthetic Dimension, 1978). Last letter from RD to HM (Jan. 31, 1978) takes up her study of Luxemburg and Womens Liberation, published in 1982 as Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution.
(5) Dunayevskaya-Marcuse letters, March 6, 1961 through Sept. 9, 1965.
11 letters. Letters begin with HMs response — not on Absolute Idea, but on RDs critique of Deutscher. Correspondence breaks off, resuming Aug. 6, 1964, at the time of RDs review of One-Dimensional Man. Includes RDs presentation of an outline for Philosophy and Revolution, centering on Why Hegel? Why Now? (Oct. 27, 1964); discussion on the early translations of Marxs 1844 Essays (Sept. 9, 1965). For discussion of Philosophy and Revolution as it was published in 1973, see reviews by Louis Dupre, John O’Neill and others.
(4) Dunayevskaya-Marcuse letters, Aug. 8. 1960 through Jan. 12, 1961.
Begins with HMs request for assistance on work-in-progress, One-Dimensional Man (Aug. 8, 1960), and RDs response on automation in current social science literature and in Marx (Aug. 16, 1960). RD writes on the Absolute Idea and the African revolutions (Oct. 16, 1960); on Bukharin, Hegels Logic and Hegels Philosophy of Mind (Nov. 22, 1960). Letters conclude with RDs response to HMs question on why you need the Absolute Idea (Jan. 12, 1961). For other discussions of Marxism and Freedom and its ramifications, see reviews by Alasdair MacIntyre, George Lichtheim and others.
(3) Dunayevskaya-Marcuse letters, Jan. 28, 1958 through July 15, 1958.
Four letters. After the publication of Marxism and Freedom, RD opens discussion on Hegels Absolutes, saying that she is thinking of a supplement to Marxism and Freedom even before the reviews are in. Includes RDs discussion of relationship of Hegels Absolutes to Marx (July 15, 1958). Correspondence breaks off in period when DeGaulle comes to power in France and RD prepares for International Conference of state-capitalist groups. See here RDs letters to Damen and other European Marxists, # 9410.
(2) Dunayevskaya-Marcuse letters, Dec. 2, 1955 through Oct. 15, 1957.
17 letters. Begins with HMs comment that RDs ideas are an oasis in the desert of Marxist thought. Letters center around HMs work to assist RD in finding a publisher for Marxism and Freedom, around RDs writing of a final draft of the book, and on HMs critique of RDs discussion of the American roots of Marxism. Includes RDs recapitulation of Marxism and Freedom (June 11, 1957); discussion of HMs preface (July 22, 1957); and tracing of American roots of Marxism (Oct. 11. 1957). Also included are RD letters to John of Nov. 27 and 28, 1956, reporting on RD meeting with Marcuse at Brandeis.
(1) Letters between Raya Dunayevskaya (RD) and Herbert Marcuse (HM) from Dec. 7, 1954 through Oct. 27, 1955.
Nine letters. Discussion by RD of Hegels Absolutes begins (Feb. 12, 1955); HM criticizes RDs viewpoint (April 14 and June 22, 1955); HM reads outline of RDs Marxism and Freedom; RD reports on her West Coast lecture tour (Oct. 27, 1955).
A. Correspondence with Herbert Marcuse, 1954-1978
Section V
The Battle of Ideas
(8) Dunayevskaya letter to ?Dear Friends?, Jan. 18, 1966.
Written after her return from Japan, on organization in Japan and in U.S. Marxist-Humanism.
(7) Newspaper and journal accounts of Dunayevskaya trip to Japan. December 1965 through January 1966.
a. Agricultural College News. Agricultural College, Tokyo University. Nov. 20, 1965. A translation of Dunayevskaya?s article, ?Indonesian Communism: a case of world Communism?s decomposition?. b. Zenshin. Tokyo. Dec. 6, 1965. A summary of Dunayevskaya?s speech to Zenshin, Dec. 4, at the Telephone and Telegraph Workers Hall, with summary of her speaking schedule for the tour. c. Asahi Shimbum. Nagoya. Dec. 15, 1965. Article titled ?Recollections of Trotsky; his secretary Mme. Dunayevskaya welcomed?. d. Keio University News. Dec. 15, 1965. Article titled ?Current American Marxism? on Dunayevskaya?s tour. e. Text of speech (Japanese) by Dunayevskaya, Dec. 19, 1965, at Waseda University titled ?Raya Dunayevskaya?s theory and practice?. A booklet issued by the ?Revolutionary Communist League Revolutionary Fraction?. f. Zenshin. Tokyo, Jan. 3, 1966. A report on a speech by Dunayevskaya, Dec. 26, 1965, on ?America?s labor movement and the revolutionary movement?. g. Waseda University News. Tokyo. Jan. 6, 1966. Japanese text of an article by Dunayevskaya on ?Marx’s Humanism: the fundamental basis of today?s anti-Stalinism?.
(6) ?Discussion articles from Japan?.
Published as News and Letters Pre-Convention Bulletin #5, August 1966. Includes contributions from Zenshin on the class struggle in Japan and on the Vietnam War.
(5) Japanese translations of writings by Dunayevskaya and other Marxist-Humanists.
Included here are Workers Battle Automation, a 1960 pamphlet edited by Charles Denby; and ?A New Revision of Marxian Economics? and ?The Nature of the Russian Economy? by Dunayevskaya. Published in Japan by the Social Science Research Club, a shipyard workers? group. For other such translations, see # 3753.
(4) Dunayevskaya correspondence with Japanese friends in preparation for, and as follow-through to, the December 1965-January 1966 trip.
Letters from Feb. 21, 1959 through May 21, 1966. Correspondents are Iwasaki Shigeo; Tadayuki Tsushima; Kenichi Koyama; Yoshimasa Yukiyama; Takaaki Sawa. For Dunayevskaya?s analysis of the Japanese New Left that accompanied this correspondence, see her ?Weekly Political Letter? of March 5, 1962.
(3) Brochure for Dunayevskaya lecture at Nagoya University,
Japan. Dec. 13, 1965.
(2) ?Lecture on Hegel in Japan?.
Typescript of lecture given in Tokyo, Jan. 2, 1966 to a group of activists and writers from Zenshin.
(1) Dunayevskaya letters from Hong Kong and Japan during her trip, Nov. 25, 1965 through Jan. 2, 1966.
Written to Marxist-Humanists in the U.S. and to Japanese friends while in Japan. Includes a postcard sent by Dunayevskaya from Hiroshima. Letters report on meetings, discussions, demonstrations in Japan and Hong Kong during Dunayevskaya?s trip. Letters to Japanese revolutionaries include discussion of impact of Maoism, and of future relations between Japanese and U.S. revolutionaries. For more documents from the trip to Japan and Hong Kong, see the section beginning on # 3652.
D. Japan and Hong Kong Trip, 1965-66
(11) Dunayevskaya letter to ?Eme?, Nigeria, Dec. 11. 1963.
On correspondence between Nigerian revolutionaries and those in the U.S. Also included is schedule of organizational meetings of ?The Marxist-Humanist?, Nigeria, 1964.
(10) ?Kofi?, Ghana, report on situation in Ghana during Nkrumah period.
Letter sent to News & Letters, July 14, 1963. Mailed from Takoradi, Ghana. Excerpts published in News & Letters, August-September 1963.
(9) ?On the difference between a Political Tendency and a Political Movement?.
Letter by Dunayevskaya to Bess, Sept. 20, 1962. Also includes following letter to Bess of Sept. 29, 1962. On the development from state-capitalism to Marxist-Humanism through the break with Johnson, and on the tasks of Marxist-Humanism ahead.
(8) ?Marxist-Humanism?,
by Raya Dunayevskaya. An article published in Presence Africaine. Paris. Vol. 20, No. 48, 1963. For another article by Dunayevskaya in this journal, see # 3193.
(7) Dunayevskaya letter to ?Dear Friends?. Sept. 25, 1962.
Draft of an article for Presence Africaine on ?African and American Socialism: Why Not a New International??. For the article as published, see next entry.
(6) Sekou Toure, President of Guinea, letter to Dunayevskaya.
A reply to her letter of July 12, 1961.
(5) Dunayevskaya letter (for the National Editorial Board of News & Letters) to Thomas Kanza, UN Ambassador from the Congo.
Feb. 17, 1961. On the murder of Patrice Lumumba. Also includes Kanza?s reply, April 7, 1961.
(4) Dunayevskaya letter to Leopold Seder Senghor.
May 15, 1960. On Marxism and Freedom and on his report to the Constitutive Congress of the Party of African Federation.
(3) Horoya, newspaper from Guinea.
April 10, 1962 issue obtained by Dunayevskaya contains extract of Frantz Fanon?s Wretched of the Earth.
(2) Notes on the Gambia.
Taken by Dunayevskaya. On unions, and on the ?Independence Manifesto of the Peoples Progressive Party?.
(1) Dunayevskaya letters from Africa during her trip. March 28, 1962 through May 23, 1962.
Written to Marxist-Humanists in the U.S. and other friends. Reports on Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and the Gambia. Includes leaflets, reports on protest meetings and demonstrations, discussions with Nnamdi Azikwe in Nigeria and Leopold Senghor in Senegal. For further discussion on Dunayevskaya?s trip to Africa, see her ?Weekly Political Letters? written during the trip — April 30, 1962 and May 28, 1962 — and her summation, July 6, 1962. These are included with the full series of Weekly Political Letters, beginning on # 2906. Other reports by Dunayevskaya on Africa begin on # 3184.
C. Africa Trip of 1962
(21) ?La Sfida di Mao Tse-tung?,
by Dunayevskaya. Italian translation of new concluding chapter to second (U.S.) edition of Marxism and Freedom. Published 1964. Translated by Gigante. For the text of Dunayevskaya?s introduction to the Italian edition of Marxism and Freedom, April 1959, see # 3266.
(20) ?Premesse per l’annalisi della crisi Cubana?,
by Dunayevskaya. Article printed in Italian in Prometeo, January 1963. On the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
(19) ?La teoria dell’ accumulazione della Luxemburg?
by Dunayevskaya. Article printed in Italian in Prometeo, January 1961.
(18) ?International Report? by Bess.
A report on follow-through to Dunayevskaya?s 1959 trip and Bess?s trip in 1958. Given to the News and Letters Committees Convention, September 1960.
(17) ?The World Crisis and the Theoretic Void?.
Article by Dunayevskaya published in special section of Prometeo, as part of the work of the International Center of Correspondence. The section was established at the Milan conference, November 1959. Published in French, March 1960, in Prometeo. Included also is the original English text, written by Dunayevskaya, Feb. 2, 1960.
(16) Dunayevskaya letter to Chaulieu and Vega.
Dec. 10, 1959. Letter reports on the decisions taken at the November 1959 Milan conference. which Chaulieu and Vega did not attend. Asks their participation in the discussion following the conference.
(15) ?State Capitalism and the Bureaucrats?.
Article written by Dunayevskaya while on tour in England. Printed in Socialist Leader, Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1960.
(14) Notes from the International Conference, Milan, Italy. Nov. 8, 1959.
Notes for speech by Dunayevskaya and discussion.
(13) ?Marx?s Debt to Hegel?.
Speech by Dunayevskaya at University of Leeds, England. Oct. 14, 1959. Typescript.
(12) Dunayevskaya speech to meeting in Milan, Italy.
Sept. 27, 1959. Typescript.
(11) Dunayevskaya speech to Italian workers meeting in Genoa, Italy.
September, 1959. Typescript.
(10) Dunayevskaya?s letters during her trip to Europe.
Sept. 11, 1959 through Oct. 30, 1959. Letters written to Marxist-Humanists in the U.S. and to friends in Britain. On preparation for the trip; on prospects for Marxist-Humanism in Britain; on discussions with Harry McShane; on events in Britain, France, and Italy, as well as comments on the African revolutions; on Dunayevskaya lectures and discussions in Italy and in Britain; on the International Conference in Milan, Italy.
(9) Dunayevskaya letters to Grandizio Munis.
Sept. 14, 1958 and Oct. 20, 1958. On the break-up of the Johnson-Forest tendency and the publication of Marxism and Freedom.
(8) Dunayevskaya letters to and from Maximillien Rubel.
July 17, 1959 and Aug. 28, 1959. On Marxism and Freedom.
(7) Dunayevskaya letters to and from Jean Malaquais, Paris.
May 28, 1958 through June 6, 1958. On their differing views of DeGaulle?s rise to power and on the maturity of the proletariat.
(6) Dunayevskaya?s letters to Onorato Damen, Battaglia Communista, Milan, Italy.
Dec. 18, 1957 through Sept. 2, 1959. On Damen?s work in securing the Italian edition of Marxism and Freedom; on the ?International Center of Correspondence? established in Milan; on preparations for Dunayevskaya?s trip and the International Conference to be held November 1959. DeGaulle?s rise to power in France is the focal point of discussion of the objective situation.
(5) Dunayevskaya letter to Bess. July 29, 1959.
On preparation for trip to West Europe.
(4) Dunayevskaya letter to Bess. March 20, 1959.
On Mao?s China and the theory of ?permanent revolution?. Letter written during Dunayevskaya?s preparatory study for her 1959 pamphlet, Nationalism, Communism, Marxist-Humanism and the Afro-Asian Revolutions.
(3) Dunayevskaya letters to Bess, while Bess was in Europe as representative of News and Letters Committees.
June 27, 1958 and July 15, 1958. On C.L.R. James? Facing Reality.
(2) Report on 1958 International meeting in Milan, Italy.
Letter by Bess to Dunayevskaya, July 29, 1958. Handwritten. Excerpts transcribed. Appended to the report are notes on the Milan conference and on discussions with workers, held by Louis Gogol.
(1) ?Della sinistra Internazionale:Memorandum Internazionale?.
Article by Dunayevskaya published in Italian in Prometeo, Milan, Italy, March 1957. An earlier article by Dunayevskaya had been published in Prometeo, Spring 1956.
B. European Trip of 1959
A. First Draft of the Marxist-Humanist Archives, July, 1958
Earliest draft of what would become the ?Raya Dunayevskaya Collection?. Six-page outline of documents 1941-58, with a cover letter signed by the ?REB?, written by Dunayevskaya. Outline prepared for the 1958 News and Letters Committees Convention, the first to have a session devoted to international reports. Outline submitted July 17, 1958
Section IV Marxist-Humanist Archives and International Relations
(20) Two Worlds: Notes from a Diary.
Selected columns by Dunayevskaya from printed Correspondence, Oct. 3, 1953 through Dec. 25, 1954. The columns appeared unsigned. Subjects include discussion of A.J. Muste and the 1930s; Russia in economic crisis; McCarthys lawyer, Roy Cohn; the Vorkuta labor camp revolt; David Walkers Appeal; Wendell Phillips and Eugene V. Debs.
Letters, manuscripts, 1951
(11) RD to CLRJ. March 2, 1951. On Bukharin, tying up intelligensia and labor bureaucracy with plan (12) Cooperative Form of Labor vs. Abstract Labor Mss. by RD. March 2, 1951.(13) RD to Cy (Charles Denby). April 5 1951. On Marx, Lenin and Black America. (14) RD to CLRJ. April 27, 1951. On document by Warde and Wright. (15) RD to CLRJ. June 16, 1951. On the exact date of Lenins LEAP in his Hegel studies. This is the last letter written while the state-capitalist tendency was still within the Socialist Workers Party. In July, 1951, they split and formed Correspondence Committees. A division, however, appeared in the Committees even before the first issue of their mimeographed paper, Correspondence. (16) RD to Hermann (John Zupan). Sept. 13, 1951. On the new miners strike and the first issue of mimeographed Correspondence. (17) CLRJ to Irv. Sept. 17, 1951. CLRJs letter of opposition to the whole West Virginia business, declaring that even if 500,000 miners struck against John L. Lewis, it would not change his plans for the newspaper. He did not want to center the newspaper around new worker activity coming out of the 1949-50 miners general strike. (18) Miners Wildcat Strike. Lead article in Vol. 1, #1 of mimeographed Correspondence. Nov. 15, 1951.(19) RD to CLRJ. Nov. 23, 1951 and Nov. 27, 1951. Two letters on his tone.
(8) Two presentations by RD on Form and Plan
Dec. 27, 1950 and Jan. 14, 1951.38 pp. type script (9) GL to RD. Jan. 18, 1951. On RDs tremendous leap.(10) RD to CLRJ. Jan. 31, 1951. On developments inside Russia.
C. The Miners General Strike of 1949-50 and the Road to the Break-Up of the State-Capitalist Tendency
(1) William Warde to RD, April 4, 1950. Socialist Workers Party view of the coal miners general strike. (2) RD to CLRJ. May 5, 1950. On Engels as my chief enemy. (3) RD to Warde. June 25, 1950. On Yugoslav contacts. (4) RD to CLRJ. Oct. 30, 1950. On Youngstown, Ohio, activity. (5) RD to CLRJ. July 19, 1950. On historic stages in 19th and 20th century. (6) RD to CLRJ. Oct. 20, 1950 On commodity-form. (7) RD to CLRJ. Dec. 2, 1950. On the placing of our tendency historically.
B. Letters after Dunayevskayas study of Lenins Philosophic Notebooks, 1949
(1) RD to CLRJ. Oct. 5, 1949.On categories in Marx.(2) Notes on Ch. I of Marxs Capital: Its Relation to Hegels Logic. Mss. by RD (6 pp.). Oct. 5, 1949. (3) RD to GL. Oct. 12, 1949. On Marx, Ricardo and Bukharin
A. Letters on the eve of Dunayevskayas translation of Lenins Philosophic Notebooks
(1) Dunayevskaya (RD) to C.L.R. James (CLRJ). Nov. 22, 1948. On Hegels Logic and Marxs Capital. (2) RD to Grace Lee (GL). Jan. 5, 1949. On dialectic in Capital. (3) RD to CLRJ. Jan. 27, 1949. Cover letter with Dunayevskayas translation of Lenin on Hegels Philosophy of History. (4) RD to GL. Jan. 31, 1949. On organizational developments. (5) RD to GL. Feb. 1, 1949. On Hegels infinite in the finite. (6) RD to GL. Feb. 10, 1949. On Determinate Being in Hegel and barrier and limit. (7) GL to RD. Feb. 14, 1949. Comments on RDs letters. (8) RD to GL. Feb. 17, 1949. On Determinate Being in Hegel, and relation to Marx and Lenins work.
Section III Philosophic Correspondence, Miners Strike and the Beginning of the Break-Up of the State-Capitalist Tendency, 1948-55
The letters included in this section supplement the 35 unpublished letters that appear in Vol. III of the Raya Dunayevskaya Collection (# 1595 through 1734). For a full view of developments in this period, the documents listed below should be read together with Vol. III of the Collection, beginning at # 1476.
(8) Natalia Trotsky letters to Dunayevskaya.
Natalia Trotskys letters of March 20, 1942 (in Russian); April 29, 1947; May 26, 1951. Also included is Dunayevskaya letter to Natalia Trotsky, March 22, 1951. For the rest of this correspondence, see # 728.
(7) Journalism by F. Forest in the Militant, 1948-51.
Articles written for the party press during the final period of Dunayevskayas work in the Socialist Workers Party. For other articles see # 1477. Articles included here are: (a) A Glorious Page of U.S. History. Militant, Feb. 23, 1948. On Black populists. (b) Maintain the Schomburg Collection!. Militant, Mar. 8, 1948. On the crucial Black research library in Harlem. (c) Civil Rights Demagogy, Militant. Aug. 9, 1948. On Jim Crow in the U.S. Army. (d) Palmer Raids. Militant, Aug. 23, 1948. On the U.S. governments attacks on Black activists and the Left after the Russian Revolution. (e) Randolphs Betrayal Militant, Aug. 30, 1948. On A. Phillip Randolph. (f) Social Scientists and Labor. Militant, Aug. 30, 1948. On conference of the American Economic Association and other academics. (g) Raging Witch-Hunt in Pittsburgh Bans Worker, Jails CP Leaders. Militant, Oct. 9, 1950. On McCarthy era prosecutions. (h) State Sedition Law Trial of 3 Opens in Pittsburgh. Militant, Jan. 29, 1951.
(6) The 31st Anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Outline of a speech by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) to a meeting of the Pittsburgh branch of the Socialist Workers Party, Nov. 14, 1948.
(5) Grace Lee letter to Rae (Dunayevskaya),
Oct. 3, 1947. Written to Dunayevskaya in Europe, it includes a response to her critique of the work of C.L.R. James and Grace Lee in the Interim Period, including her protest against their view of the centrality of the struggle in Palestine, 1947.
(4) Dunayevskayas trip to Europe, 1947, as representative of the state-capitalist tendency.
Included here are letters by Dunayevskaya of Aug. 2, 1947 and Sept. 21, 1947 from London and Paris. Also included: outline of speech on Europe given by Dunayevskaya on her return to the U.S. (Most of Dunayevskayas correspondence on her 1947 trip can be found under # 661.)
(3) Speech of F. Forest (Dunayevskaya),
March 2, 1947. On WP/SWP unity discussion. Published in Workers Party Internal Bulletin, May 27, 1947.
(2) Russian Secret Police, CHEKA-OGPU-NKVD-MVD.
Article by Dunayevskaya written for Ten Eventful Years, an Encyclopedia Britannica volume edited by Walter Yust. January, 1947.
(1) Campaign against the No-strike pledge.
Newspapers and leaflets issued in 1945. Includes Rank and Filer, UAW opposition newspaper produced in Detroit (Vol. I, #1-3); Local #6 UAW leaflet/poster; UAW Local #659 Leaflets. Dunayevskaya corresponded with several of the campaign leaders, including John Zupan.
E. Writings and Activity in Post-World War II Period
(7) The Inevitability of Socialism and the Laws of Motion of Capitalist Society: A Reply to Comrade Gates.
An answer by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) to Gates attack on Forests Outline of Marxs Capital, Vol. One. Published in the Workers Party Internal Bulletin, March, 1947.
(6) Ads for Dunayevskayas classes in Capital as printed in Labor Action,
1945-47, and in brochure for Labor Action School.
(5) Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx.
Mimeographed handouts for Lectures 6, 7, and 8 of new series of classes by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya), given in 1947.
(4) Significance of Marxs Volume II of Capital for our Day.
A summary lecture for the Capital class by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Given in 1946. For Dunayevskayas Outline of Capital, Vol. II, see # 385.
(3) Aim, Structure and Scope of Vol. I, Marxs Capital.
Typescript of original Introductory lecture by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya), Nov. 16, 1945.
(2) Marxs Capital, Vol. I — Its Aim, Structure and Scope.
Typescript by Dunayevskaya is draft of part of her Outline of Marxs Capital. Written 1945.
(1) Brief Resume of Marxs Capital, Vol. I
Typescript by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Written 1945-46 for use of students in Capital class in Workers Party. For the Outline of Marxs Capital, Vol. One used in these classes, see # 324.
D. Studies on, and Classes in, Marxs Capital
(7) Industrialization of the Negro,
an article by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) published in Fourth International, January-February, 1948. Written Dec. 1, 1947. See # 311 for typescript draft of this article.
(6) Outline of speech on Black Boy by Richard Wright,
given by Dunayevskaya in 1948(?).
(5) Notes on Collapse of Cotton Tenancy by Johnson, Embree and Alexander, and on Farmers in a Changing World
(1940 Agricultural Yearbook). Undated.
(4) Articles in Labor Action by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) on NAACP drive for a Fair Employment Practices Commission and on the Democratic Party in Harlem.
Published Feb. 14, 1944 and Oct. 8, 1945.
(3) March on Washington movement literature,
1943. Includes leaflet from Harlem meeting, 1943, and brochure from the Interracial Club. Dunayevskaya was a member of the Harlem branch of the Workers Party from 1941 through 1947.
(2) Com. Coolidge, Com. Trotsky and the Negro Question.
Unpublished article by Dunayevskaya against David Coolidge. Typescript, 1946.
(1) Major Points in Coolidges to be answered.
Notes by Dunayevskaya for debate with David Coolidge (Ernest Rice McKinney) at Workers Party convention, May 1946. Accompanied by summary of differences with Coolidge in Dunayevskaya letter to Rex (undated, but written on the eve of the convention.) See also # 296 for documents on Dunayevskayas debate with Coolidge.
C. Writings on the Negro Question
(13) Report of debate between Dunayevskaya and Shachtman,
May 25, 1947 in New York on the Russian Question. Debate held prior to the state-capitalist tendency leaving the Workers Party. Report written by Dunayevskaya. Last page(s) missing.
(12) Lydia Beidel letter to Dunayevskaya,
Dec. 1, 1946. On draft of Dunayevskayas articles in New International.
(11) James T. Farrell letters to Dunayevskaya.
Oct. 31, 1946 and Nov. 4, 1946. On Farrells study of Dunayevskaya’s articles in New International and in American Economic Review.
(10) Dunayevskaya letter to Shachtman.
Oct. 14, 1946. On democracy and strikes in the early Soviet state. Part of a discussion around articles by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) in Labor Action on Russia under Stalin. For text of these articles, see # 448.
(9) F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) letters to the Political Committee, Workers Party.
May 8, 1944; Feb. 2, 1945; Oct. 30, 1946. Protests handling of Dunayevskayas articles on the Russian Question; gives chronology of Dunayevskayas research.
(8) Correspondence surrounding the publication of Teaching of Economics in the Soviet Union and A New Revision of Marxian Economics
by Raya Dunayevskaya in American Economic Review (AER) September 1944. Letters to and from Dunayevskaya, plus one telegram. Correspondents are Will Lisner, New York Times; Paul T. Homan, AER; Fritz Machlup, AER. May 1944 through April 1945. For the articles as published in AER, see # 192, 209, 213.
(7) F. Forest (Dunayevskaya) letter to Al Gates,
Dec. 1, 1942. Draft of letter submitting The Nature of the Russian Economy for publication.
(6) C.L.R. James letters to Dunayevskaya.
Sept. 13, 1943; rest undated (early 1940s). On Dunayevskayas early work on development of state-capitalist theory. Handwritten.
(5) Dunayevskaya letters to C.L.R. James.
Undated (early 1940s). On law of value and how a commodity arises in the process of production.